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    This document discusses several global health issues and trends including: - Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection that can spread to any organ but is most common in the lungs. - Drug and alcohol abuse which can harm individuals and others when consumed in excessive or dangerous ways. - HIV/AIDS which is transmitted sexually or through blood and can pass from mother to child. - Non-communicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and more that develop over long periods of time. - Communicable diseases spread through infection like influenza, measles, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases. - Mental health and disorders like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and others. - Immunization and vaccines which use weakened

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    This document discusses several global health issues and trends including: - Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection that can spread to any organ but is most common in the lungs. - Drug and alcohol abuse which can harm individuals and others when consumed in excessive or dangerous ways. - HIV/AIDS which is transmitted sexually or through blood and can pass from mother to child. - Non-communicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and more that develop over long periods of time. - Communicable diseases spread through infection like influenza, measles, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases. - Mental health and disorders like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and others. - Immunization and vaccines which use weakened

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    This document discusses several global health issues and trends including: - Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection that can spread to any organ but is most common in the lungs. - Drug and alcohol abuse which can harm individuals and others when consumed in excessive or dangerous ways. - HIV/AIDS which is transmitted sexually or through blood and can pass from mother to child. - Non-communicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and more that develop over long periods of time. - Communicable diseases spread through infection like influenza, measles, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases. - Mental health and disorders like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and others. - Immunization and vaccines which use weakened

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    Health Trends, Issues, and

    Concerns (Global Level)


    Global Health Issues, Concerns,
    and Trends
    Tuberculosis
    •Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB
    (tubercle bacillus), is a bacterial
    infection that can spread through the
    lymph nodes and bloodstream to any
    organ in your body. It is most often
    found in the lungs.
    Drug Use and Abuse
    •Drug Abuse/Addiction is a patterned
    use of a drug in which the user
    consumes the drug substance in
    amounts or with methods which are
    harmful to themselves or others.
    HIV/AIDS
    • Human immunodeficiency virus infection and
    acquired immune deficiency syndrome
    (HIV/AIDS) HIV is transmitted primarily via
    unprotected sexual intercourse (including anal
    and oral sex), contaminated blood transfusions,
    hypodermic needles, and from mother to child
    during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding.
    Non-communicable disease
    • A non-communicable disease, or NCD, is a
    medical condition or disease that can be defined
    as non-infectious and non-transmissible among
    people. NCDs can refer to chronic diseases (heart
    diseases, stroke, cancers, asthma, diabetes,
    kidney diseases, osteoporosis, others) which last
    for long periods of time and progress slowly.
    Communicable diseases
    • Communicable diseases, also known as infectious
    diseases or transmissible diseases, are illnesses
    that result from the infection, presence and
    growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease)
    biologic agents in an individual human or other
    animal host. Examples are: Ebola virus disease;
    flu, measles; tuberculosis; sexually transmitted
    diseases (STDs); HIV/AIDS; among others.
    Mental Health and Mental Disorder

    • Mental health is a level of psychological


    well-being and the absence of a mental
    disorder (autism, alcohol dependence,
    extreme anxiety, phobias, bipolar disorder,
    caffeine dependence, dyslexia, depression,
    kleptomania, obsessive-compulsive
    disorder, among others).
    Immunization and Vaccines
    • Immunization, or vaccination is the safe and effective use of a
    small amount of a weakened or killed virus or bacteria or bits
    of lab-made protein that imitate the virus in order to prevent
    infection by that same virus or bacteria. When you get an
    immunization, you're injected with a weakened form of (or a
    fragment of) a disease. This triggers your body's immune
    response, causing it to either produce antibodies to that
    particular ailment or induce other processes that enhance
    immunity.
    • Prevention is better than cure.
    Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse/Addiction
    •the excessive consumption of
    alcohol and tobacco
    •causes non-communicable and
    communicable diseases
    Malaria and other vector-borne
    • Malaria (mosquito-borne infectious disease) causes symptoms
    that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting and headaches. In
    severe cases it can cause yellow skin, seizures, coma or death.
    • Vectors are living organisms that can transmit infectious
    diseases between humans or from animals to humans.

    Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all


    infectious diseases, causing more than 1 million deaths
    annually.

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